Posts Tagged «phishing»

As you may have heard, a large number of private, mostly nude, celebrity photos were leaked onto the internet on August 31. Despite an impressive number of stories dedicated to unproven theories about various potential attack vectors, there is still no clear evidence of how the private photos were obtained. Let’s discuss how the celebrity nudes might’ve been obtained — and, more importantly, how to prevent such a debacle from happening again in the future.

Google, after removing the age-old, comfortable-like-an-old-pair-of-socks http:// from the beginning of URLs in Chrome’s address bar, is now trialing an even more drastic move: Killing off the URL entirely. In a new version of Chrome, the full URL vanishes from the address bar, instead replaced by an always-present “Search Google” box. This is obviously a play to drive more search traffic — but, as much as it pains me to say it, it’s probably a very good way of helping most users avoid phishing attacks.

A new, extremely sophisticated malware of totally unknown origin has hit the web. It poses as your favorite news site, tempting you to click on intriguing links, then subsequently steals all of your sensitive information.

A little like the boy who cried wolf, anti-spam groups are once again trumpeting the arrival of a new tool in their arsenal. Following on the lead of SPF and DKIM, the latest innovation is DMARC. Find out what it actually does and whether it will matter to you.

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